BIMA Observations of Linear Polarization in Sagittarius A* at 112 GH[CLC]z[/CLC]
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- 10 July 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 555 (2) , L103-L106
Abstract
We report here BIMA array observations of linear polarization in Sagittarius A*, the compact radio source in the Galactic Center. These observations had a resolution of 20 arcsec x 5 arcsec oriented North-South. We do not detect linear or circular polarization at a level of 1.8% (1-sigma) at 112 GHz. This puts a new constraint on models that show a sharp change in linear polarization fraction at 100 GHz.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, ApJL, in presKeywords
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